Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-06-09
Too d ~ ~ Him.


A Boston gil1 tsrif' over 70 New
York. She amused herself very we'll for
several days. among her other pleasures
including the beaullfu display nf chrys-
anthemums at Cosmopolitan Hll. She
was delighted with il. Th,3 splendid
shocks of snowy and h,me-eolored
blooms and the new japanese seed
lings that look as If nature had copied
them from decorations on Japanese
jars. aud The clean. fresh. curious per-
fumes filled her cultured soul so full OF
sentiment that it bubblcd over for the
benefit of u New York man. He came
to call soon after her return from the
flower show. He was charming
Young person. VINO never by any acci-
dent polluted his person with any arIi-
Gle manufactured in this country. He
was turned out complete from top to Toe
in English goods. and his gait on the
avenue filled bcholders with the widest
awe and delight, it so closely copied the
true thoroughbred stride. The import
ant details of dress had occupied his
walking hours so closely that he had
found but little time to unbend his mind
over book; and other matters even
more important had escaped his atten-
tention. among them the flower show.
which he happened not TO have heard OF.
"rve just come from seeing the chrys
anthemuns, said the enthusiastic
young woman from Boston; land, o.
it was such treat | never enjoyed
anything so much in my life. Have you
been yet?' - .-.'' ...} r-l.s
No" he ,lrawled out loud. thinking
to himself, What the deuce is the girl
talking about. anyhowR" After rapid
but profound reasoning he came to the
conclusion that being Il Boston woman
and addicted 10 literature, the thing that
she had been to was something partak-
ing of an intellectual nature. and proba-
bly, scientific. Judging from the long and
unpronounceable name. So lie re.
marked lightly that really he "didn't
90 much into that sort of thing now-it
was out of his line, too deep entirely for
him." .'t-. .-'.
The Boston girl stared. 'What do
you mean, sir? Chrysanthcmums too
decpp"
well, you know" said the haplcss
youth, putting his foot deeper IN his
mouth every time he opened it. ''that
one has to do such an awful OF OF
reading to keep up with these s,'ientli
things, and for my part l never enj,y
them unless am quito up on the sub
ject they're talking about" He felt he
was getting skiilrully over, IL difficult
question and continued. with graceful
self confidence TO add ~ few delicate
and artistic touches 10 his position.
"When go to this sort Of thing" he
. declared, Il get works on the subject
and read up thoroughly, so that can
follow the speaker with intelligent in
tcrest; but Pm too awfully busy just
now to be able to do that. and so cut
the Nineteenth Century Club, and the
Chrysanthemum. and all the rest of it. "
The Boston girl gas?cd II few times
and then said she supposed that lie
really must work awfuly hard. and it
really was no end of IL pity he had had
TO give UP his stuli s. But before she
went back 10 Boston she told the story,
aud the young man has gone out in the
country 10 stay some time with his SIS
ter. The Boston girl s;lys size thinks
New York men are delicious, simply
delicious. IN Y. W. ID.